New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-23
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL
THE RICH MEN OF THE SENATE.

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AND SOME OF THEIR POOR COLLEAGUEs-sHERiDAy
} AND FITZHUGH LEE-NoTEs.
WASHINGTON, Jau. g." Do the people want a paupeu
Senate that there such clamOr about millionaire d
the Upper House r. asked Senator yesterday whom con
versation happened to turn wealthy IN Congress-
Is man worse for having money independent Of bio
salary, is he much because he has only hia
I'VE thousand year. and ormented to death trying 4
live on IT. Now spend ten thousand year on my lte
family, and live in the painest way, you know. We
don't entertain. except in the simplest manner We
never give evening parties, and house is neither
fine nor large. I couldn't stay day in tho eenate
II I had nothing to live on but my salary couldn't
stand being harassed by debts and worried pinched
for want Of means to live tell you Senator's life
lisa burien when no is eternaly hard up for money
There few here who in that fix. have one In
mind now, and pity him. He hardly knows which way
to look sometimes. he hard pushed for money He
had nearly 100000 when he first entered public life
and he young then Now he has ready money but
his salary and nearly twenty years older His family
Is small, fortunately Tho Lord knows what he would d.
fit wasslarge But they must live respectfully.
The people who talk Of money creeping into the
Senate as an evil talk about the mean economy
as they call t-O Senator's who obliged make both
ends meet on the small salary. II to mo there il
as good chance for man to be honest IL he has plenty
OF his own as there Is for who Is eternay bchnd
and struggling to get ahead There less temptation for
the man In easy circumstances. The other must Of
~essity scheme and every dollar According TO
my way OF thinking man inclined to be honest will DO
honest whether no Is rich poor though the op
to better his condition Is always with the poor man. I
should be sorry the entire Senate poor
men, SEQ an rcckoned among tho millionaire Senators
by the newspapers They very wide OF the am
not even rich man, riches 20 in these days lam In
comfortable circumstances and don't have TO lie awake
at night planning to make dollar 20 far i've tho
next day. That ALL and tho millionaire class
ain believe Senators rated poor rich anl million
aire. But there ought to be the medium comfortable
gauge. Senator who is poor can't be comfortable.
Senator may DO comfortable without being rich
You would be astOnished know OF the calls made
upon Senators for pecuniay help They gcner ally come
In letters and from most unexpected quarters Every
Senator gets these letters asking for loans from $40 up
$500 or $780, OF the loan IS really gift
and the Senator knows It, get such letters from people
I never saw and who don't know No, there IL no
obligation and mono implied But there Is good deal Of
palaver and taffy to begin with. Then always know
what tho end OF the letter Is and tho object Of the
He 20 back to greatgrandather prove his
Quantancc with and he often docs and he Is
write that inherit all that noble and great in my
respected ancestor But know that the letter VIII round
with the request for money think, after all, that
most OF the Senators be rated in easy circum
stances. Yes the Senate Is strong and brny
These the days for orators but Senators
just able legislators the days when there was
The really rich in the Senate don't attract attic nou
for their wealth. Most OF them have been slow In gctt
ing money, but they have good deal OF It, though they
don't make show OF It, Hearst. who has just been
elected to tho next Congress from California fairly rcp
resents constituency OF the suddenly wealthy type lie 10
Of many out there who have amassed fortunes
with marvellous quickncss Hearst will be speah
for himself whom he gets settled in the next Congress-
Stewart. who comes back to the next Congress from
Nevada after absence OF dozen years, poor
though he regarded very rich when no built
stewart Castle He wouldn't stay in Washington aftee
he went out Of the Senate but returned to Nevada and
the practice OF law In spite Of the persuasons OF his
family, who wished to live here have always thought
good deal of Stewart for going back work instead Of
hanging about Washington trying to get foreign
appointment. as not few defeated congressman do"
"And he has his reward" remarked listener.
they say Stewart has been faithful to Nevada sappo.
and Nevada has rewarded him. Davis, who is to take
clever II fact brilliant and he will make brighS
speeches He has lost the sight Of an eye, and hap
pened In a strange way, too. II was in a campaign
wsSa u.s nxA As wser' S
sight IN one eye. But Davis. or Cush' Davis, they
fI 5 am. an + very bright
neither poor nor rich men They have something besides
sheraH on Cameron
Edmunds. Hale Malone Warner Miller, Morrill, Plumb.
Quaker and Of course is not worldly in his style
q living, and wouldn't be suspected of riches.
and never spends much money. Palmer and
Payne can be cassed with tho millonaircs Xlisen and
with his wife, but he has added to IT, Asen lives quiet
~ and not extrayagantly. Mitchell OF Oregon. hasn't
he Harrison and push are not rich either p' Nancy
and Kenns are rich men but make no show OF money
derson, Plat and Vance but wouldn't be- they had
socG deal las and
1sh xIHsS. DOM know how i Win ss.s
Brown. Georgia, one of the richest men in the Sen
ate. lie used to be called the richest and shrewdess
money and according 70 appearance, could live his
SALARY and save something too n INGALLS, and Sao% and
are pretty well on, Evarts and Camden are better or
There are more substantially rich mem whose style q
living indicates or moderate wealth. but who In
ae F1s
HTse arc ,s%. BIRTH sS%ss;
they live well enough not in fashion warranted By
thsS wea Iay i. 'p' f0'
zone oftne few monaircs goes out with this Congress
lis place. Pair lie bad fellow He has had ssnss
enough not to make any pretensons. consequently he
oDger's successor from Michigan, except that he Is
ich lnmberman. Like Sawyer, he has made his money
nut of pine trees
At the dinner given by the President Cabinet ON
thursday evening General Sheridan and Governor Fits
Iugh directly opposite at the sides Of tho table
heir presence for the first time together Of tho White
Iouse recalls interesting incident Of the
ender at APpomattox. nearly twenty-five years ago
he night before the surrender General Lee called his
orps commanders about him, explained the situation,
nd Informed them of his correspondence with General
rant. Leo, with tho army Of Northern Virginia. had
allied for the night Appomattox Court House This
as Saturday, tho night Of the 9Th Of April lie had
lovcd Of Petersburg the night Of Sunday the
d, and had been the retreat every hour
the six days when he informed HE
,rps mmanders that surrender inevitable, the
officers bitterly opposed TO It General Gordon
nd General tz Hugh Leo The latter still chung to the
opo Of reaching General Johnston In North Carolina It
las fOrlorn hope and Gsneral Lee knew IL Itwas
naly decided that Gordon and Ftz Hugh Lee should at
ack Sherdans cavalry at daylight tho next morning,
0 was without infantry. II on the contrary Sheridan
as supported by any considerable infantry. General
&c WAS 70 informed He then sent bis second